How much do you save? With my edu discount maxing the ram upto 2 gigs is only 200 bucks more. I think it might be worth it just to have everything installed by APPLE and not having to mess with 3rd party etc

How much do you save? With my edu discount maxing the ram upto 2 gigs is only 200 bucks more. I think it might be worth it just to have everything installed by APPLE and not having to mess with 3rd party etc

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How much you save depends on where you buy it. Go to http://www.ramseeker.com to compare prices. If you have the money to max the ram, buy the faster processor and get any software you need, do it. Otherwise you will do better with more memory rather than the slightly faster processor.

Check Macmall.com site.
They got a few rebates offers.
Note: I have never bought from them, so I can't tell you how fast/reliable they are. Just came to their site and found some interesting offers on new MBPros... Including extra RAM. But that's third party installing it, not apple

How much you save depends on where you buy it. Go to http://www.ramseeker.com to compare prices. If you have the money to max the ram, buy the faster processor and get any software you need, do it. Otherwise you will do better with more memory rather than the slightly faster processor.

I know it's tempting to satisfy that need for instant gratification by simply going down to your local Apple Store or reseller, but you really do benefit
from the latest tweaks ordering directly from Apple.

I know it's tempting to satisfy that need for instant gratification by simply going down to your local Apple Store or reseller, but you really do benefit
from the latest tweaks ordering directly from Apple.

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That's what I'm doing ...

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100 bucks / hour That's more than people usually get in a month of work here

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Working the whole month and getting a 100 bucks total??? Dude, someone is getting taken advantage of.

But, keep in mind, I have just spent $80,000 on a 2 year MBA> It's going to take a LOT of billable hours to get that back.

I value convenience. My time is worth close to 100 bucks per hour (minimum) when I bill myself out so spending an extra 300 with Apple to save me the hassle is worth it.

(It's nice to be graduating with an MBA from a top school with a job lined up in 4 months. So many toys to buy )

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Cool... MBA... Dude, which school? Kellogg, Wharton, Haas? My goal is to go to Johnson business school ( cornell university) in 10 years time... somehow i really like cornell....but a MBA is really expensive. I have to spend 200k singapore dollars for a the 2 year course.

Here, you're doing well getting through college owing ONLY $80,000
Then add a mortgage for $2000 plus a month, a car, utilities, health care, food.

$50,000 per year is just barely enough to live poorly.

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Amen to that. BTW, that 80k is JUST my MBA loans. I had another 40k for my undergrad tuition that I finally just paid off last year. And as you said, 50k now ain't what it was cracked up to be once you had the other stuff in.

Depends where you live. Some places, rent is $2k a month for a tiny place, other places you can get a huge place for a fraction of that. If you can't live on that, move.

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It's not THAT simple. Depending on what you do, you might be restricted to a certain geographical area. Yeah, I could make the same relative salary (with lower cost of living) in podunk, Idaho but what the heck would I do there?

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